Category: Television Reviews
REVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 2 “Primal Urges”
As with its first season, The Orville is kicking off its second run with two episodes in the first week. “Primal Urges,” airing in the show’s traditional time slot on Thursday night, is the lost episode from season one after Fox bumped it due to “scheduling.” It’s fairly easy to tell, to...
Read MoreREVIEW: Gotham – Season 5, Episode 1 “Zero Year”
In many ways, I felt the season 4 finale of Gotham had bought many of the series’ arcs to a close, most notably with Bruce and Gordon standing together at the end, repeating the line Gordon had told Bruce in the pilot. So when season 5 was announced as a final chapter, I was incredibly &hellip...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 1 “Ja’loja”
After a year-plus-long wait – a tough pill to swallow when the show in question is on network television – The Orville has finally returned. I watched the series premiere last September expecting a Star Trek spoof with Seth MacFarlane’s particular brand of humor (which many have soured on, I g...
Read MoreREVIEW: “Elseworlds” CW Crossover Event 2018
andrewrodriguez | Dec 14, 2018 | 0
*Spoilers* This week simultaneously debuted and wrapped the CW’s annual Arrowverse crossover event, “Elseworlds.” For the last few years now, the cast of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow have come together to face down a threat too large for any one of their respect...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season One, Episode Eleven “Station Theta Black”
*Spoilers* In “Station Theta Black,” Yeager has loaned Kaz the Fireball, angering Tam. Yeager reminds the feisty mechanic that he technically still owns the ship, to her reply that one of the stabilizers is still missing; she’s angry because she was in the process of fixing it. We cut to K...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 5, Episode 8 “What’s Past is Prologue”
andrewrodriguez | Dec 5, 2018 | 0
*Spoilers* The lead-up to The Flash’s milestone 100th episode promised a trip down memory lane with some old friends and foes (mostly the latter) – showcasing a Flash event unlike any that have preceded it. With so many appearances by previous seasons’ big baddies, “What’s Past is Prologue...
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